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this class are the 1st, Atomaria lineris ;^ 2d, Atomaria 

 feiTuginea f 3d, Atomaria pygmcea. They all belong 

 to the sixth family (Mecetophagidse) of the group of 

 Necrophaga", the latter being the second division of 

 Rypophagous pentamera. 



The Atomaria lineris (see fig, 67) is elongate and 

 depressed, having a black color, on which, can be seen 



Fig. GT. 



Fig. 68. 



Atomaria lineris. Plant having had its leaves and root attacked 



by the Atomaria — breathing its last. 



certain small spots. It makes its first appearance later 

 than the Melolontha, sometimes in July ; but, unlike 



' The above is Westwood's classification. Atomaria lineris. According to 

 Blanchard the French classification is fifth species of (Atomaria) the fourteenth 

 family (Crytophagii). 



2 Atomaria ferruginea. See Erich's Nat. Hist. (18), p. 452 ; see Sturm, 

 Ins. (18), p. 5, t. 330. 



